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-TENGR No', 62,840. Patented Marn 12, 186?` v f/ MW l Il Wm' @ir-itch' tiene lstent 'ffrz.=

IMPROVEMENT 1N .rerea- 'iiln Smarts' referrer' t it that s'tinrs 'misurati making part tf itt time T0 .ALL WHOM IT MAYA-CONCERN:

Be it'known Vthat I, C, GrRImIN-Gf, of Geneva', in the 'county of Ashtabula,.and State of Ohio, have nivented certain new'and useful Improvements in 'Field Fences; and I do hereby declare that `the `following is a full and complete description o f theiconstructionof the saine, reference being had to the'accoin'panying drawing'aaking a part of this sp'ecication, in which -i 'Figure 1 is s sideviewA-bf lthe-fonce.

Figure 2' is an end view of the same. l

Figure is a view 'of the post by which tho'panels of the fence ares'u'pported.

Like letters of reference' refer to like parts in the views.;l

The pan/els of this fence. consist 'of'- a lightwoodenframe constructed of thef two boards-'A,jg. 1, which .are nailed', or otherwise secured, to the. end-pieces B, the length and height of which panel being. more'ox less, laseirisumsta'nces may'demand. v The -space between the upper Vand lowerv board is guarded by thenwir'es C C',- farran ged as shown in the drawing, and towhich reference" will hereafterbe made. l VThese panels are supported Ain position by the post D', fig. '3, which consists` of the two upright Vpieces E nailed or otherwise secured to the base F and supporteduby the side-braces G, and locked together at theltop by the tie H. The ends of the boards A,'whichare -seen .to project beyond the end pieces to which they are nailed, are introduced between the s'tandard'svE, so that thev ends of one' panel will lap upon the ends of the next, as shownv at I, iig. 2, and are then seeured` by thestapleor pin J'V insertedthrough both pieces. The 'wires 'abov'eereferred to are so 'arranged-that, as they..maycontract byv the lowtemperature of the weather, they will not so strainV upon the ends of 'the panels'as to cause. them to break4 or themselves break, which isaoften the result whenc :long lines of fencing are run and wires used for the panels.l -It 'will' be 'seen on referring to iig, 1 that the wire C is continuous 'from lthe point ofcon'nect'on an, around each end of the panel, forming also the loops K, to which the central 'wire0 is connected., 'These loops, itwill lbe observed, are curving from the point of 'connection vwith 4the`eentral' wire,l to lwhere it laps around the panel, By this curving of the loop the contraction of .thewires by the -coldjsxmetso that as they shorten upon the loop, straighten out'andthereby Vcompensate -for this contraction; therefore, there is little o r' no strain upon the-wires or' post,'hence'the one cannotbreak by this over-straining, 'nor'the post be displaced or to'rn apart, which is often thec'as'e when a. wire -fence. is built without any compeneating .measure to meet. this additional 'strain upon it caused bythe contraction of thewi're by the cold or by being' pushed against'by stock or disturbed by the winds. The wire, as it laps-around the ends oftheframe, is kept fromslipping-byn notch-being cutin the ed'g'e of the piece around which it laps, and in'wllich the'wir'e is sunk and thereby securely and permanently held. .The central wire maybe continued from one panel to another by ,lapping it around the loop, as shown' in the drawing', andthus continuing -itfronll panel'to panel and lappin'git ateachloopr, or the wire maybe broken o` at each l'o'op,'thus making' the panel detachable and independent of each o'ther" The panel A, g. 1, is provided with' the braces .L,'tl1e`, lowei ends of which are mad-e topi-eject below the bottomboard or wire, which may b`e1 used insteadl of a board, if so desired, as indicated. by 'the dotted lines M. Theends of these braces are sunk in the ground and .thereby support the panel; -It -is intended that each alternate panel only be constructed in-th's'manner and 'thus .save the expense of 4a. frame pos t, thcrefore picking the fenceoheaper, ,and equally strongand `durable. This braced panel ,is pro-vided with central wires simply loopedaronn'd the`v end, as showuinthe drawing,l but may ,if so desiredbe provided with wires arranged with compensating loops in themann'er'as above described, thereby making it much more'eective at a triing'additionalerrpenso. A I v A I What I claimas my-iinprovement,'and desire to secure ,by- Letters Patent, isi '1. Thefram'e A, provided with the wires C'- end eompensating loopMK-,as -consti-tutte'd and arranged in combination with the brace post D, for the purpose and in the manner as 'describedi- 2. I claiin, in combination with. the above, the panel A', constructed 'and arranged in the man'neras described.

' 'CJ S. S.- GRIFFING.

Witnesses:

W. H., Bunmnee, J. H. Bussines; 

